Shaffer v. Stanley

(Filed Dec. 4, 2003)

The majority opinion has determined that the circuit court had jurisdiction to impose a monetary judgment against the Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Child Support Enforcement (hereinafter referred to as “the DHHR”), even though the DHHR did not have liability insurance coverage for the claim and there was no express statutory waiver of its sovereign immunity by the legislature. As a result of the majority’s ruling, every single activity engaged in and responsibility undertaken by state agencies must now have liability insurance coverage; and if such…